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GOOD OLD LOWER EAST SIDE (GOLES)

Good Old Lower East Side, Inc. (GOLES) is a neighborhood housing and preservation organization that has served the Lower East Side of Manhattan since 1977. GOLES serves the residents living south of 14th Street, East of 4th Avenue and the Bowery, and down to the Brooklyn Bridge. Our catchment area corresponds with Manhattan's Community Board 3.

We are a grassroots organization that serves, engages, and empowers low- and moderate-income residents of the LES/Loisaida, specifically people of color, through direct services, public education, and community organizing.

Our work focuses on interrelated issue areas:

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Good Old Lower East Side, Inc. (GOLES) is a neighborhood housing and preservation organization that has served the Lower East Side of Manhattan since 1977. GOLES serves the residents living south of 14th Street, East of 4th Avenue and the Bowery, and down to the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Catskill Mountainkeeper, Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY, USA

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Department of Environmental Conservation Requiring Additional Analysis Around Alternatives to Ashokan Reservoir Releases, their Drinking Water Impacts, and How Climate Change Will Affect Releases
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced today that it is sending the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) back to the drawing board for further analyze the adverse environmental and human impacts of muddy releases from the Ashokan Reservoir.

"Requiring further analysis is absolutely the right move," said Kathy Nolan, Catskill Mountainkeeper's Senior Research Director. "We need the strongest plan possible to address releases from the Ashokan Reservoir; one that explores all available options to prevent muddy water from harming streams and rivers, one that protects drinking water supplies, and one that mitigates challenges that the climate crisis is imposing on communities and waterways."
Click "Read More" for Mountainkeeper's full release.

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Department of Environmental Conservation Requiring Additional Analysis Around Alternatives to Ashokan Reservoir Releases, their Drinking Water Impacts, and How Climate Change Will Affect Releases The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced today that it is sending the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) back to the drawing board for further analyze the adverse environmental and human impacts of muddy releases from the Ashokan Reservoir.

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Good Life, Goodwin Place, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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Bushwick Garden Empowers Neighborhood to Grow Food Amid Pandemic

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On any given day, the little piece of paradise at Grove Place and Goodwin Street overflows with abundance. Cucumbers, squash, pumpkin, cantaloupe, blueberries, lavender, thyme. The air is heavy with the sweet zest of tomatoes on the vine. But now, if you part the leaves on the south side of the garden, you might also find one of eight "wonderful joyous watermelons."

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How We Work

CPD is a high-impact national organization that builds organizing power to transform the local and state policy landscape through deep, long-term partnerships with leading community-based organizing groups nationwide.

Since its launch in April 2012, CPD has grown to a staff of experienced attorneys and community organizers as well as experts in technology and strategic research. Collectively, our staff brings decades of experience to bear, merging technical and legal expertise with deep organizing experience to support our partners in winning, sustaining, expanding and replicating victories across the country. CPD not only helps partners win organizing campaigns and further innovative policy agendas, but we also support them to build strong organizational infrastructure and political muscle.

CPD generates momentum from the local level up to ensure that the values of equity, opportunity and a dynamic democracy become national priorities. Our work is not simply about making policy change. It is about working with communities to understand the root causes of the challenges we confront, building consensus around transformative solutions, and working in sustained partnership to accomplish shared goals. We aim to do our work in a way that builds trust, enhances collective capacity, and ultimately broadens and strengthens the progressive movement.

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CPD is a high-impact national organization that builds organizing power to transform the local and state policy landscape through deep, long-term partnerships with leading community-based organizing groups nationwide. Since its launch in April 2012, CPD has grown to a staff of experienced attorneys and community organizers as well as experts in technology and strategic research.

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Sixth Street Community Center is fighting for a more sustainable, more resilient future for New York City. That includes advocating for resiliency plans that concretely address the root causes of the climate crisis.
​With support from the Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment , Sixth Street Community Center made a short film about our community's struggle to Save East River Park. Featuring interviews with local residents, community leaders and activists who will be impacted by the City's Plans to destroy East River Park, the film identifies key issues about the City's approach to resiliency planning for our vulnerable waterfront communities in the face of climate change.

Film Description: As New Yorkers endure the challenges of COVID-19, they are fighting to stay housed, fighting to stay fed and fighting to keep their park- East River Park. East River Park spans 58 acres- it is the largest green space in lower Manhattan, has nearly 1000 mature trees, more than 375 plant, insect, bird, and animal species, and borders New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)- some of the largest stock of public housing in NYC. The city is demolishing the entire waterfront park and rebuilding it on 8-10 feet of landfill claiming it will make our waterfront more resilient in the face of climate change. But what is the city doing to address the root causes of the climate crisis? And how does the FDR Drive, with 136,000 cars traveling daily alongside the park and NYCHA developments, contribute to this crisis and impact our health? Will reconstructing the park on landfill really ensure a resilient and sustainable future for our community?

Featuring: Jasmin Sanchez, Howard Brandstein, Tony Queylin & Yvette Mercedes
Shot and Edited by: Sean Pheanis
​Produced and Narrated by: Jen Chantrtanapichate

CONTEXT FOR THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE EAST RIVER PARK:
In a misguided effort to make the Lower East Side Coast of Manhattan more resilient in the face of climate change and rising sea levels- the City of New York plans to spend 1.5 billion dollars to bulldoze the entire East River Park.
The park has long been the oasis for our extremely diverse Lower East Side Community.
Many residents consider a loss of the park as an essential loss to their quality of life and well being. The demolition of the East River Park is a climate justice issue, as it will inequitably cut off access to 58 acres of green space.

Demolishing the park would cut down almost 1000 mature trees, and destroy the biodiversity that currently exists there. This includes 82 bird species, 96 insect species, and more than 200 plant species.

If you are familiar with this climate justice fight, you may have already read about the City's plan to bulldoze the entire East River Park in the August issue of the Indypendent .

The community in collaboration with Rebuild By Design developed an earlier plan which was more reflective of our diverse community and our diverse needs. The community plan was more comprehensive in providing flood protection without destroying the entire park. This community plan was fully trashed by the city and they are now planning to bring in the bulldozers next March. But together we can stop this misguided and destructive scheme.

The park would be closed for a minimum of 3.5 years, but given the city's track record of projects in the past- the community is concerned that this timeline isn't realistic given the size of the proposed project and that the park will be closed for much, much longer. During those years of closure, there will be no access to playing fields, no family picnics, and gatherings, no trees, no plants, and no animals...

We are encouraging all to learn more about these issues with us and to join our efforts to support this local climate justice fight. We've been teaming up with to make sure that the city rebuilds our park in a way that addresses temporary and long-term flood protection, park preservation and climate justice.

WAYS YOU CAN HELP STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENTIRE EAST RIVER PARK:
Call Council Member Rivera at 212-677-1077, email district2@council.nyc.gov or your Council Member. Tell them:
§ Vote NO to option 4 of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project
§ We want true independent experts to assess the City's plan, including the impact of destroying 60 acres of land on nature and people!
§ We want the City to revisit the options preferred by the community and to re-envision the FDR Drive now: Build the flood wall in or along the FDR Drive, expand our park with decking over the FDR and have dedicated bus lanes for non-polluting electric buses!

​NYC COUNCIL MEMBER CARLINA RIVERA CAN STOP THIS BAD FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN! The City Council and even the Mayor usually defer to local Council Members on issues affecting their districts.

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Sixth Street Community Center is fighting for a more sustainable, more resilient future for New York City. That includes advocating for resiliency plans that concretely address the root causes of the climate crisis. ​With support from the Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment , Sixth Street Community Center made a short film about our community's struggle to Save East River Park.

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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Teachers & Schools - Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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The Garden offers free admission to registered school groups and a variety of programs for teachers and schools.

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Our onboard education program offers a unique opportunity for students grades 4 and up to study the lands and waters from a new perspective - aboard a tall sailing ship on the Hudson River. Students will participate in a variety of activities including raising the mainsail and studying as the life, water quality, and history of the Hudson River, taking advantage of the sights and sounds surrounding them.
Learn more about Sailing Classroom programs onboard the Clearwater

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Clearwater offers a variety of Hudson River-based environmental education programs. Our signature program is the "Sailing Classroom" aboard the Sloop Clearwater which has become a model for onboard education programs across the country.

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We are the leading environmental non-profit in New York State, protecting the air, land, water, and health of all New Yorkers.

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Housing & Environmental Justice

Fighting for affordable housing and a safe environment

Low-income New Yorkers face unsafe housing conditions, pollution and preventable health problems.

Our communities suffer from preventable health problems connected to unsafe housing conditions and pollution, including asthma which is the number one cause of school absences in the city. Green spaces in our neighborhoods are not as plentiful and well-kept as they should be, depriving our children of places to play and grow. Our members regularly experience housing discrimination - based on gender identity, sexual orientation, family makeup, or immigration status. Tenants face difficulties obtaining much-needed repairs from landlords, some of whom aim to push out lower-income tenants and hike up the rent.

Organizing tenants for a cleaner, greener New York.

Make the Road New York organizes and builds the leadership of community members who are eager to fight for housing equality and environmental justice. Members meet weekly to discuss troubles with landlords and their rights as tenants, and to organize for safe, affordable housing for our families. Our work spurred the creation of the Alternative Enforcement Program, which ensures repairs in 250 of New York City's worst buildings every year. Each year, our attorneys represent hundreds of families in housing court cases involving evictions, hazardous conditions, and housing discrimination. We routinely support evicted tenants in obtaining waivers of back rent and time to find new apartments to avoid homelessness. Make the Road's trained Community Health Workers conduct home visits and counseling to support children with asthma. In addition, we work to expand rent regulation and stabilization across the city, which is critical to preserving affordable housing for over a million working class New Yorkers.

receive legal services from MRNY each year to prevent evictions, repair unsafe housing units, and win hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages.

After a ten-year fight, we helped pass the Asthma-Free Housing Act which requires landlords to inspect for and address asthma triggers annually.

Our trained Community Health Workers conduct 300 home visits each year to help families control their children's asthma.

We fought for the toughest anti-lead law in the US, resulting in a 56% reduction in childhood lead poisoning.

Our work spurred massive investment in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and saved it from harmful development.

For several years, Maria Castillo's landlord tried to drive her family out. He forced them to endure unsafe living conditions. They spent winters without heat and hot water. Maria obtained MRNY legal support, and as part of our housing committee, she fought alongside others facing similar harassment. She led rallies, spoke at press conferences, and met with her city council member. Her landlord saw that she wasn't going away and the harassment finally let up.

Today, Maria and her family continue to live in their home. She is a MRNY leader for tenant rights. "Now I can honestly say that we live with more dignity," Maria says. "But to live with dignity, you always have to fight for it."

Help us build a safe, affordable, greener city for all New Yorkers.

After Slow Start, Applications Roll In for NY's Ida Relief Fund for Undocumented Workers

As of Dec. 13, 501 applications have been completed and signed by a caseworker, according to Mercedes Padilla, a spokesperson for New York's Department of State. Of the 145 approved, 66 applicants have received the aid and 79 are in the process of receiving it. Make the Road New York, one of the CBOs administering...

Por cuarto año consecutivo NYCHA está en un sitial especial en la lista de los peores caseros de la Gran Manzana

Puglia, quien además es activista de la organización 'Make The Road NY' (MTRNY), vive desde hace 20 años el calvario de denunciar fallas en su apartamento ubicado en la avenida Putnam de Bushwick, en Brooklyn. Un edificio que siempre tiene un sitial en el podio de los "peores" landlords. Aún así, no hay avances reales en encontrar...

Hurricane Ida Recovery Aid is Too Little, Too Late, New York Storm Victims Say

Of the 105 applicants approved, 76 live in New York City. Just over $322,000 has been paid out. "Folks have just lost everything essentially, and so this funding has been really essential to actually get them back on their feet, provide some basic assistance to help them meet their immediate needs," said Becca Talzek, deputy...

After Slow Start, Applications Roll In for NY's Ida Relief Fund for Undocumented Workers

As of Dec. 13, 501 applications have been completed and signed by a caseworker, according to Mercedes Padilla, a spokesperson for New York's Department of State. Of the 145 approved, 66 applicants have received the aid and 79 are in the process of receiving it. Make the Road New York, one of the CBOs administering...

Por cuarto año consecutivo NYCHA está en un sitial especial en la lista de los peores caseros de la Gran Manzana

Puglia, quien además es activista de la organización 'Make The Road NY' (MTRNY), vive desde hace 20 años el calvario de denunciar fallas en su apartamento ubicado en la avenida Putnam de Bushwick, en Brooklyn. Un edificio que siempre tiene un sitial en el podio de los "peores" landlords. Aún así, no hay avances reales en encontrar...

Hurricane Ida Recovery Aid is Too Little, Too Late, New York Storm Victims Say

Of the 105 applicants approved, 76 live in New York City. Just over $322,000 has been paid out. "Folks have just lost everything essentially, and so this funding has been really essential to actually get them back on their feet, provide some basic assistance to help them meet their immediate needs," said Becca Talzek, deputy...

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Skip to content Housing & Environmental Justice Fighting for affordable housing and a safe environment Low-income New Yorkers face unsafe housing conditions, pollution and preventable health problems. Our communities suffer from preventable health problems connected to unsafe housing conditions and pollution, including asthma which is the number one cause of school absences in the city.

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If you like what you read here - join over 60 small businesses across NYC that have endorsed Transform Don't Trash! NYC's small businesses loose out in the city's private waste system. The industry operates like the Wild Wild West.

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New York lawyers for the public interest

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) combines the power of law, organizing, and the private bar to make lasting change where it's needed most. We have fought for more than 40 years to protect civil rights and achieve lived equality for communities in need. NYLPI works to eliminate the unfair burden of environmental hazards borne by low-income communities and communities of color, and to create a more equitable and sustainable city. In partnership with community-based organizations, advocacy groups, and residents, our Environmental Justice team builds campaigns, launches litigation, and shapes policy. We support local leadership and strengthen communities' ability to assert their right to a healthy and sustainable environment.

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New York lawyers for the public interest New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) combines the power of law, organizing, and the private bar to make lasting change where it's needed most. We have fought for more than 40 years to protect civil rights and achieve lived equality for communities in need.

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Nyc Environmental Justice Alliance - Food Distribution Center, West 30th Street, New York, NY, USA

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OUR CAMPAIGNS For over thirty years, the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance has been at the forefront of City and State campaigns to advance Environmental Justice. CLIMATE JUSTICE & COMMUNITY RESILIENCY Learn More WATERFRONT JUSTICE PROJECT Learn More WASTE EQUITY Learn More

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PARTNERSHIPS

UPROSE is a proud member of the following coalitions and alliances:
Building Equity and Alignment for Impact
BEA-I brings together dynamic grassroots organizing groups, effective national green organizations, and innovators in philanthropy to advance the progress of the environmental movement towards a just transition and directly confront powerful polluters. BEA works to build equitable relationships and expand the pool of resources for base-building organizations in people of color, Indigenous, and low-income communities that are achieving results on the frontlines of the climate and ecological crisis.
Climate Justice Alliance
CJA is a growing member alliance of 58 urban and rural frontline communities, organizations and supporting networks in the climate justice movement. Member organizations lead CJA by anchoring major Just Transition projects focused on the social, racial, economic and environmental justice issues of climate change.

Climate Works for All is comprised of environmental justice advocates, community organizations, and Labor unions with the goal of addressing climate change and income inequality. Formed in 2014, the coalition focuses on promoting policies to tackle both reductions in carbon emissions, as well as resiliency.
Grassroots Global Justice
GGJ is a national alliance of US-based grassroots organizing (GRO) groups organizing to build an agenda for power for working and poor people and communities of color. They understand that there are important connections between the local issues we work on and the global context, and they see themselves as part of an international movement for global justice.
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
NYC-EJA is a non-profit citywide membership network linking grassroots organizations from low-income neighborhoods and communities of color in their struggle for environmental justice. NYC-EJA members include community-based organizations located across New York City.

NY Renews is a coalition of more than 140 grassroots, state, and national organizations. The coalition aims to make New York State the nation's leader in tackling the climate crisis while protecting workers and investing in communities on the front lines of climate change.

#OurPowerPRnyc campaign is a grassroots effort to unite the Puerto Rican diaspora under a shared platform to address injustices in the US government's response to the crisis of Hurricane Maria, demand Puerto Rican self-determination and sovereignty, and ensure a just recovery and transition to a regenerative economy.
Protect Our Working Waterfront Alliance
POWWA is a broad coalition of local residents, small businesses, artists, academics, faith leaders, and advocates all committed to preserving the industrial character of the Sunset Park waterfront to: protect and expand career-track manufacturing jobs, prevent the displacement of working-class residents and blue-collar businesses, and develop for climate adaptation and resilience.
REVitalize
The REVitalize partnership seeks to strengthen capacity for environmental justice communities to carry out local clean energy projects and planning efforts that improve community resiliency and establish coownership of energy.

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UPROSE is a proud member of the following coalitions and alliances: Building Equity and Alignment for Impact BEA-I brings together dynamic grassroots organizing groups, effective national green organizations, and innovators in philanthropy to advance the progress of the environmental movement towards a just transition and directly confront powerful polluters.

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Sierra Club NYC Group, Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY, USA

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Since 1976, Greenmarket has promoted regional agriculture and ensured a continuing supply of fresh, local produce for all New Yorkers. Greenmarket supports farmers and preserves farmland for the future by providing regional farmers with opportunities to sell their fruits, vegetables and other products at our open-air farmers markets throughout New York City.

Greenmarket is a producer-only market with rigorous "grow-your-own" standards. Why is that important? Because selling directly to customers means farmers, fishers and their children can keep doing what they love and feeding growing cities. It also means you get to know who grows your food.

Greenmarket's farmers and fishers come from broad a section of the Northeast, including parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and New England, providing New Yorkers with a bountiful and astoundingly diverse array of fresh foods.

How Can We Help You?

I am a shopper looking for fresh, healthy, local food:

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View recent stories and contact our press department

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Corporate and nonprofit partners can purchase Greenmarket Bucks to distribute to staff and volunteers to purchase healthy, local food.

Donate! GrowNYC is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.

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Since 1976, Greenmarket has promoted regional agriculture and ensured a continuing supply of fresh, local produce for all New Yorkers. Greenmarket supports farmers and preserves farmland for the future by providing regional farmers with opportunities to sell their fruits, vegetables and other products at our open-air farmers markets throughout New York City.

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Our mission is to create a socially just, environmentally responsible and innovative green NYC. We mobilize New Yorkers to take urgent climate action across every level of society via our mission to Connect and Inspire to Act

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Earth Celebrations, East 6th Street, New York, NY, USA

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Cultivating community connection, culture, resilience and environmental action.

Join us creating what is possible for a sustainable future!

Earth Celebrations applies the inspirational power of the arts to build community, collaboration and action for ecological and social change

Earth Celebrations' ECOLOGICAL CITY

Art & Climate Solutions Action

ECOLOGICAL CITY engages community through cultural strategies to learn, explore and take action on climate solution initiatives to mitigate climate change impacts of flooding, carbon pollution and the consequences of sea-level rise throughout the network of community gardens, neighborhood and East River Park waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City.

ECOLOGICAL CITY: Cultural & Climate Solutions Action Project applies the inspirational power of the arts to build community, diverse sector collaboration and action on climate solution and ecological sustainability initiatives throughout the community gardens, neighborhood and waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City.

Through cultural strategies Ecological City reconnects people to each other and the natural world within their neighborhood and builds emotional connection, engagement and action on climate solutions, an urban sustainable ecosystem and the importance of local efforts to city and global climate challenges.

EARTH CELEBRATIONS PROGRAMS | FALL 2021 - SPRING 2022

Sunday October 3rd @ 4-6pm

@ 5pm - Procession from La Plaza Cultural Garden to 6th & B Garden

NATURAL DYE & ECO-PRINTING WORKSHOP

Artists | Dancers | Performers | Musicians | Singers | Poets
ART & CLIMATE - ECOLOGICAL CITY

Present and collaborate with community creating artistic works exploring climate resiliency, water and ecological sustainability. Artistic works are presented in the Ecological City Art & Climate Solutions Pageant celebrating climate solution initiatives throughout the gardens, neighborhood and waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City.

Ecological City Planning Meeting

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | Wednesday, February 9, 2022 from 6:15 - 8:00pm on Zoom

Discuss sustainability and share ideas for physically-distanced adaptations of visual art, performance, dance, music and poetry for Ecological City's Pageant.

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March 5 - May 11, 2022

Wednesdays 6:30pm - 9:30pm | costume with artist Michele Brody
Saturdays 12pm - 4pm | puppet with artist Lucrecia Novoa

BIO-ARTS - Mycelium Sculpture & Kombucha Leather Art Workshops (TBC)
@ Earth Celebrations - Sixth Street Community Center - 638 E. 6th St (btw. Aves B & C)-
FREE - SIGN UP TO REGISTER | LEARN MORE - WORKSHOPS
Collaborate creating visual art celebrating sustainability initiatives for Ecological City: Art & Climate Solutions Pageant.

Wednesdays in March, 6:30 - 9:30pm (TBC)

@ Earth Celebrations - Sixth Street Community Center - 638 E. 6th St (btw. Aves B & C)
FREE - SIGN UP TO REGISTER | LEARN MORE - WORKSHOPS
Participants learn to use natural bio materials for sculpture and costumes, growing mycelium (mushrooms root) into a structural bio-degradable material that is grown into molds in various forms. Learn how to make Kombucha (fermented mushroom tea) into a leathery textile that will be integrated into costumes for Ecological City.

LES Sustainable Ecosystem with Earth Celebrations' Artist-in-Residence Katherine Freygang

The Mobile Mural and Climate Mandala Banners will be featured in the culminating Earth Celebrations' Ecological City: Art & Climate Solutions Pageant on Saturday, May 14, 2022 featuring spectacular visual art, giant puppets, costumes and 20 site-performances celebrating climate resiliency and ecological sustainability initiatives throughout the community gardens and East River Park waterfront park on the Lower Side.
LEARN MORE - ECOLOGICAL CITY
Earth Celebrations artists collaborate with community partner groups, schools and organizations to create arts projects exploring sustainability and climate solution initiatives. Artworks developed are presented in the culminating Ecological City: Art & Climate Solutions Pageant. To participate or engage your group to join, contact us!

Ecological City Art & Climate Solutions Pageant

Saturday, May 14, 2022 | 11am - 5pm (rain date Sunday, May 15) | Gardens to Waterfront - Lower East Side, NYC
Become a #ClimateSolution | LEARN MORE - ECOLOGICAL CITY
The pageant is a physically distanced presentation with 20 live & virtual performances and outdoor visual art exhibitions celebrating climate solution initiatives throughout the community gardens, neighborhood and waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City.

Creative Placemaking | Climate Art | Environmental Action | Community Engagement | Climate Solutions | Artistic Activism | Cultural Organizing | Collaborative Arts | Environmental Justice | Ecological Art | Sustainability | Climate Action

MISSION -Earth Celebrations is a non-profit organization, founded by social action artist Felicia Young in 1991 on the Lower East Side of New York City, to engage communities to generate ecological and social change through the arts.

Earth Celebrations' arts programs mobilize environmental action on climate change, coastal resiliency, river-waterfront restoration, water quality, species and habitat conservation, waste management and the preservation of community gardens, parks, and a healthy urban environment. Over the past 30 years we have pioneered creative strategies applying the arts, community engagement, partnership building to achieve ecological, policy and social change. Our collaborative arts projects cultivate diverse sector engagement bringing together environmental organizations, academic and cultural institutions, municipalities, government agencies, schools, community centers, artists and local residents to work together, mobilize action, develop solutions and achieve common goals.| LEARN MORE - EARTH CELEBRATIONS
ECOLOGICAL CITY PRESS
Environmental & Arts Programs - Creative Climate Actions | Ecological Art, Performance, Pageants/Processions, Festivals & Events | Public Cultural Action | Arts & Sustainability Workshops | Ecological Artist Residencies | Civic Engagement - Urban Planning & Policy | Community Engagement Sessions | Educational Ecological Arts Curriculum Development | Art & Ecology Exhibitions | Film-Slideshow Screenings | Panel Discussions & Conferences | Environmental Advocacy Initiatives | Coalition-Partnership Building | LEARN MORE - PROGRAMS

RECENT PRESS

RECENT INTERVIEWS WITH EARTH CELEBRATIONS DIRECTOR, Felicia Young

Read interview with Felicia Young, Director of Earth Celebrations and of the Ecological City Project, where she discusses 30 years of cultural organizing projects that generate ecological and social change.
LEARN MORE - EARTH CELEBRATIONS FOUNDER FELICIA YOUNG
Read the FULL INTERVIEW
LEARN MORE - EARTH CELEBRATIONS HISTORY
Read the FULL INTERVIEW

PROGRAM HISTORY - ARTS MOBILIZING ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION

VAIGAI RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT - Madurai, South India
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Photo Credit: The Hindu

Earth Celebrations applies its strategies of arts, community engagement, and environmental action, now in a global context to mobilize an international and collaborative effort to restore the Vaigai River in Madurai, South India that is in a severe crisis due to pollution, waste dumping, and the drying effects of climate change.
Documentary by Fredrik Lassenius & Karen Brucker. Watch here or click for YouTube.
HUDSON RIVER PAGEANT - River Restoration Project

Hudson River Restoration Pageant (2009-2012) engaged residents, youth, students, schools and local river, environmental, cultural and community organizations in a creative collaboration and culminating performance action to connect community with restoration and revitalization efforts of the Hudson River Estuary and waterfront in Lower Manhattan. LEARN MORE - HUDSON RIVER PAGEANT
LEARN MORE - SAVE OUR GARDENS
SAVE OUR GARDENS - Procession and Preservation Project

Save our Gardens Social Action Art & Preservation Project (1991-2005) engaged broad-based participation of community gardeners, artists, residents, youth, community, cultural and environmental organizations, schools, churches, colleges, city officials, activists, celebrities, academics, attorneys, and inspired individuals, mobilizing a grass-roots coalition and effort which led to the preservation of hundreds of community gardens on the Lower East Side and throughout New York City.

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Each of our campaigns aims to move us toward a cleaner, greener New York in a particular way. But they share a common approach. Each campaign strives to:

Put the environment first. A clean environment is not a by-product of American prosperity. Rather, a clean environment is the necessary precondition for true prosperity. Through our research and public education, we're working to shift more hearts and minds over to this point of view.

Take a strategic approach. We must think big and act boldly, but progress comes one step at a time. We don't make broad statements; instead, we work to protect our treasured landscape and make a difference in the lives of people here in New York by building support for specific shifts in public policy.

Build on what works. We've won policies that have resulted in landmark growth in solar and wind power as well as cleaner air, together with our national network we have reduced global warming pollution in 25 states including New York, and we have made cuts in single-use plastics. We know which policies work, how they can be improved and what it takes to win their approval. And we're open to new ideas that could work even better.

Work together. We endeavor to unite people from all across the political spectrum, whether they are farmers who benefit from wind turbines on their land, homeowners who want to store and share the solar energy generated on their rooftops or restaurant owners who are finding alternatives to foam containers and straws to reduce single-use plastics. Our advocates in Washington, D.C., work with members of Congress from both parties. Our advocates here in New York and our partners in other states build coalitions that include business owners, doctors and nurses, religious leaders and community activists. Together, our organizers and canvassers engage hundreds of thousands of our members and activists in all 50 states.

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Action for a greener, healthier New York

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Each of our campaigns aims to move us toward a cleaner, greener New York in a particular way. But they share a common approach. Each campaign strives to: Put the environment first. A clean environment is not a by-product of American prosperity. Rather, a clean environment is the necessary precondition for true prosperity.

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Our Climate mobilizes and empowers young people to educate the public and elected officials about science-based, equitable climate policy solutions that build a livable world. Young leaders win concrete climate policies that eliminate greenhouse gas pollution and spur an equitable transition to clean energy.

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Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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The Visitor Center is open for education programs by appointment only. If you would like to learn about public tours, please visit the Digester Egg Tour webpage.

Located at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the Visitor Center at Newtown Creek is the only facility within the five boroughs where you can experience New York City's water infrastructure. Through guided education programs, students can discover the journey our drinking water takes to get to our taps, the process of cleaning our wastewater before it is released into surrounding waterways, and stewardship opportunities.

Plan Your Visit

To request an education program for pre-Kindergarten through 12 th grade students, undergraduate and graduate classes, educators, and other professionals, visit our page on Explorable Places. Please contact our education office at educationoffice@dep.nyc.gov or 718-595-3506 for additional information.

Location

Visitor Center at the Newtown Creek WWTP
329 Greenpoint Avenue
Greenpoint, Brooklyn NY, 11222

The Visitor Center entrance is at the intersection of Greenpoint Avenue and Humboldt Street.
Directions to the Visitor Center at Newtown Creek
Educational Resources to Support Your Visit

We have a multitude of resources that will help to prepare you and your students for your program at the Visitor Center at Newtown Creek. To get started, we recommend visiting Resources for Educators.

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The Visitor Center is open for education programs by appointment only. If you would like to learn about public tours, please visit the Digester Egg Tour webpage. Located at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the Visitor Center at Newtown Creek is the only facility within the five boroughs where you can experience New York City's water infrastructure.

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Newtown Creek Vision Plan

In 2018, NCA, Riverkeeper and Perkins+Will launched the Newtown Creek Vision plan, a 150 page report chronicling priority issues and 85 proposed projects to address Remediation, Restoration, Recreation and Resilience. The report builds upon decades of planning and visioning efforts by numerous community members and organizations; framing ideas in the wake of upcoming Superfund remediation and Clean Water improvements. Read the full plan here.

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In 2018, NCA, Riverkeeper and Perkins+Will launched the Newtown Creek Vision plan, a 150 page report chronicling priority issues and 85 proposed projects to address Remediation, Restoration, Recreation and Resilience. The report builds upon decades of planning and visioning efforts by numerous community members and organizations; framing ideas in the wake of upcoming Superfund remediation and Clean Water improvements.

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Welcome to 350NYC

A community of activists mobilizing for solutions to the climate crisis. Join us in building a sustainable and just future for all New Yorkers.

Help save Earth. We can't do it without you. Get Involved.
Get Involved!
350NYC is committed to the principle that there is no climate justice without racial justice.

We also recognize that a just, equitable future cannot be built without acknowledging the importance of indigenous peoples to our shared struggle to protect our planet. As New Yorkers, we honor the Lenape, Wappinger, Canarsie, and Rockaway peoples, on whose unceded ancestral lands we live.

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Welcome to 350NYC A community of activists mobilizing for solutions to the climate crisis. Join us in building a sustainable and just future for all New Yorkers. Help save Earth. We can't do it without you. Get Involved. Local Solutions Media Task Force Divestment Transportation Stop the Money Pipeline

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Natural Areas Conservancy, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

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The Natural Areas Conservancy exists to restore and conserve the green and blue spaces of New York City in order to enhance the lives of all New Yorkers.

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Climate Justice Alliance is challenging the extractive economy that is harming people and ecosystems

In these new times of political uncertainty, grassroots communities continue to lead the way forward.

About the Alliance

We envision a world in which fairness, equity and ecological rootedness are core values

Climate Justice Alliance members have won significant victories against polluting and extractive industries. We are building local alternatives that center traditional ecological and cultural knowledge and create a pathway for a regenerative future.

Our Power Campaign

As frontline communities, we pilot solutions and organize collectively to shut down the extractive economy

Climate Justice Alliance is amplifying the leadership of the original Our Power Communities while expanding to 70 communities in seven regions that are home to key grassroots groups. These groups organize to end the era of extreme energy and implement a Just Transition that promotes local control of resources (including energy, land, water, and food systems).

Meta-Strategies

Together, we are advancing bold, grounded and interlinked strategies across the country

Six meta-strategies undergird the Climate Justice Alliance projected vision through 2020, and will continue to influence the trajectory of alliance work.

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"Having an alliance of US frontline communities to strategically confront the existing tyranny of our country and present real solutions is needed right now."

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On March 9, 2023, Dwaign Tyndal, Melissa Miles, Kirtrina Baxter, and Leah Humphrey, the Co-Chairs of Climate Justice Alliance's Black Caucus, released the following statement: "In the wake of the most recent clampdown on freedoms of peaceful assembly, association and...

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Climate Justice Alliance is challenging the extractive economy that is harming people and ecosystems In these new times of political uncertainty, grassroots communities continue to lead the way forward. About the Alliance Climate Justice Alliance members have won significant victories against polluting and extractive industries.

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New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

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New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

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West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT for Environmental Justice), Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, USA

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West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT for Environmental Justice)

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West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT for Environmental Justice)

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice: Empowering Communities to Power Change

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We build healthy communities and environmental justice by ensuring that people of color participate in the creation of environmental policies and practices.

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Brooklyn Bridge Park, Furman Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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The Wild Center, Museum Drive, Tupper Lake, NY, USA

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A Soundtrack for Winter

Wild Lights features a 5-piece composition created specifically for Forest Music.

"Winter" by Whatever Penny is a 5 song instrumental collection that focuses on winter in the traditional sense. Commissioned by The Wild Center, "Winter" was composed specifically for their Forest Music exhibit. Arranged across a quarter mile trail for 24 different speakers, this wintertime collection of songs is designed to invoke the solitude, wonder, and introspection that comes with being outside in the woods on a still evening.

With glittering textures scattered throughout, these pieces might mirror the shimmering spectacle of snowflakes cascading from a grey sky, or settle in a hymn-like familiarity with stately progressions evocative of a carol. Some, with harmonies as warm as a cup of hot chocolate, kindle the image of a quiet evening by the fireplace, while others, in their gentle simplicity, summon an atmosphere reminiscent of the vastness of a snow-covered forest, inviting the mind to wander as the listener would throughout the trail. As the music guides listeners on a physical journey, let it also set the stage for reflection as a long and complicated year concludes: as winter sets in we hibernate, we contemplate and observe this cycle ending, but in this end there is beauty, in so many things-in being together, being alone, and in the rebirth it promises.

Special thanks to Franklin Hansen and Emily Ta who wrote "Snow," and to Tim Segado for mixing/producing the entire album.
Credits
- Solstice, Marzanna, Borealis, and Apricity written by Eric Sturr
- Snow written by Franklin Hansen and Emily Ta
- All tracks mixed by Tim Segado
- Photograph by Richard Sturr
- Artwork by Sean O'Kane

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Wild Lights presented by Merrill L. Thomas, Inc | Wild Center

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Wild Lights features a 5-piece composition created specifically for Forest Music. "Winter" by Whatever Penny is a 5 song instrumental collection that focuses on winter in the traditional sense. Commissioned by The Wild Center, "Winter" was composed specifically for their Forest Music exhibit.

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Climate crisis is the epic challenge of our lives.

But we're confident we can solve it. Clear eyed and connected, we see what's possible when everyone shows up. Leaders. Doers. Rulebreakers. With passion for humanity, climate justice and nature.

Getting to the future we want will take all of us to build a movement. Everyone moving with purpose towards plural, plentiful, outside the status-quo ... Solutions.

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The Solutions Project - Let's create the future we want.

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But we're confident we can solve it. Clear eyed and connected, we see what's possible when everyone shows up. Leaders. Doers. Rulebreakers. With passion for humanity, climate justice and nature. Getting to the future we want will take all of us to build a movement.

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New York Sun Works, Columbus Avenue, New York, NY, USA

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CYCLE Interactive LLC - cycle-interactive.com

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Non-profit organization that builds innovative science labs in urban schools

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The Climate Museum Hub at Governors Island, Barry Rd, New York, NY, USA

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The first museum in the U.S. dedicated to the climate crisis, the Climate Museum aims to inspire learning, dialogue, and action.

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Hudson River Foundation, Battery Place, New York, NY, USA

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To Our Community

The Hudson River Foundation, together with the New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program, is committed to continuing, through the course of the coronavirus pandemic, our work of understanding, protecting and restoring the Hudson River. Our offices are closed, but we are working from our homes, maintaining the activities of as many of our programs as feasible through webinars and other virtual means of pursuing our mission alongside the rest of our Hudson River community.

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The Hudson River Foundation, together with the New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program, is committed to continuing, through the course of the coronavirus pandemic, our work of understanding, protecting and restoring the Hudson River.

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Rockaway Youth Task Force, Mott Avenue, Queens, NY, USA

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The Rockaway Youth Task Force (RYTF) is a grassroots member-led organization principally comprised of young women of color within the Rockaway Peninsula. Rockaway Youth Task Force builds power to secure social, economic, and racial justice for residents of the Rockaway Peninsula and beyond. Rockaway Youth Task Force develops politically conscious youth leaders who are invested in improving themselves and their communities through member-led campaigns, leadership development, movement building, and cultural expression.

The Rockaway Youth Task Force (RYTF) was conceptualized by Milan Taylor in 2011 at age 21, recognizing a lack of youth civic engagement while serving on Community Board 14. Although conceptualized by Milan, RYTF since inception has been run by young women of color. In 2011-2012, RYTF was informally activated around voter registration, mentorship, community clean-ups, and community service. RYTF mobilized hundreds of national volunteers to respond to Superstorm Sandy.

Following the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, RYTF received heightened media coverage and exposure, which caused an expansion of our work. In 2013, RYTF formally incorporated as a nonprofit organization and changed our model and focus. We developed into holistic empowerment, community development, and grassroots organizing and advocacy organization. We began initiating protests, rallies, and marches, rebuilding homes in the Rockaways, and advancing leaders in our community through education on rights, local politics, and other crucial civic knowledge.

Today, RYTF works on improving low voter turnout & educational equity for the Rockaways, reforming our broken criminal justice by ending discriminatory policing that targets youth of color, and food justice for the Rockaways.

Neighborhoods in the Rockaway Peninsula vary widely in affluence and available services. The gentrification of the oceanfront property has put many residents at risk of displacement due to rising rents and corporate developments. Limited access to adequate public transit in areas with high poverty rates exacerbate social issues such as gang violence, barriers to sufficient healthy food options, and a lack of hospital facilities and social services. Many residents are forced to endure long commutes, sometimes lasting upwards of an hour and a half, to find quality job opportunities, health services, retail, and grocery stores in other areas of New York City. Rockaway residents have the longest commute out of any NYC neighborhood, averaging 55 minutes.

Despite the existence of higher-income neighborhoods and popular tourist destinations in the Rockaways, there is a disproportionate percentage of individuals living in poverty. For example, in Far Rockaway and Edgemere, two key neighborhoods served by RYTF, the poverty rates are 25% and 34%, respectively, compared to an average of 18% across New York City. Over a quarter of the population ages 25 and older have not completed high school as compared to 15% in New York City, and just 13% have a bachelor's degree, as compared with 19% in New York City. In the Rockaways, 41% of the population is Black or African American, and 22% is Hispanic or Latino.

The Rockaway Peninsula lacks sufficient supermarkets and grocery stores carrying fresh, nutritious foods for its residents. Areas like this are commonly known as "food deserts." Fast food options have become a significant component of residents' diets, causing a plethora of health concerns. According to the St. John's Episcopal Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment and Community Service Plan for 2014-2017, the death rate from heart disease in the Rockaways is 78% higher than the overall rate in Queens and 59% higher than New York City. More than 65% of Rockaway residents reported being overweight or obese in the NYS Department of Health/Mental Health 2011 Community Survey as compared to 55% in Queens and 58% in NYC. Rockaway residents die of diabetes at more than double the rate of Queens residents overall, and nearly two times the NYC and NY State rates.

Jazmine Outlaw

Executive Director

Jazmine Outlaw joined the Rockaway Youth Task Force as a youth member in high school after being invited to a new members orientation by a friend. Jazmine's incredible passion for her community and social justice led her to join staff. Jazmine has worked to build powerful infrastructure that supports our collective work, including the Rockaway Youth Task Force Urban Farm & many of our programs. Jazmine has also previously served as the President of the 101st Precinct Council, making her the youngest in New York City history. In her free time Jazmine enjoys cooking and baking.

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American Littoral Society Inc, West 9th Road, Queens, NY, USA

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The American Littoral Society promotes the study and conservation of marine life and habitat, protects the coast from harm, and empowers others to do the same.

Since 1961 we have empowered people to care for the coast through advocacy, conservation, and education. We not only provide a voice for the coast, but also give concerned citizens the knowledge and tools they need to raise their voices with us. When we restore habitat, our objective is not only to restore a dune or rebuild an oyster reef, but also to motivate people to invest "sweat equity" into a piece of the coast, take ownership and become committed stewards. When we educate, we don't merely provide books, CDs, or handouts. We lead students young and old into the water to get their feet wet and their hands muddy. Sitting at a computer or reading a book, people may develop an interest in the coast; standing knee deep in sea foam with sand between their toes, they will develop a passion for the coast.

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The American Littoral Society promotes the study and conservation of marine life and habitat, protects the coast from harm, and empowers others to do the same. Since 1961 we have empowered people to care for the coast through advocacy, conservation, and

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Climate and Resilience Education Task Force

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Climate and Resilience Education Task Force

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Climate and Resilience Education Task Force

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Deadline to submit public comments on New York State's Climate Action Council Draft Scoping Plan is May 1st, 2022. This is an opportunity for those who care about climate education to elevate it as a critical component of the Climate Act's implementation. Please review our response and comment tips here.

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Climate and Resilience Education Task Force

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Deadline to submit public comments on New York State's Climate Action Council Draft Scoping Plan is May 1st, 2022. This is an opportunity for those who care about climate education to elevate it as a critical component of the Climate Act's implementation. Please review our response and comment tips here.

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Northeast Regional Center | National Wildlife Federation

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A Climate Hero in the Big Apple

During these challenging times, the National Wildlife Federation's Emily Fano stands out as a beacon of hope and leadership on some of today's most pressing challenges in the nation's largest city.

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Northeast Regional Center | National Wildlife Federation

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A Climate Hero in the Big Apple During these challenging times, the National Wildlife Federation's Emily Fano stands out as a beacon of hope and leadership on some of today's most pressing challenges in the nation's largest city.

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Action for the Climate Emergency, Broadway, Boulder, CO, USA

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Young people have the right to know about the climate emergency and the opportunity to take action to stop it. Our award-winning collection of digital media, Our Climate Our Future, educates young people about the climate emergency and activates them into action. Our Climate Our Future is proven to increase youth knowledge, shifts attitudes and catalyze intent to take action.

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ACE Creator Collective

Climate misinformation is at an all-time high and teens are increasingly the targets. The truth is, young people have the power and creativity to shift the narrative. We are countering climate misinformation and taking back social media for good by elevating the voices of thousands of young creators to reach tens of millions across the U.S.

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Tiorati Science Program for Schools - Bank Street Graduate School of Education

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Educator Resources

Bank Street's Tiorati Science Program for Schools is a professional development program that bridges classroom learning with the natural environment. Tiorati educators work directly with individual districts, schools, and teachers to design inquiry-oriented learning experiences that address the curricular needs of the school.

Custom packages are available and generally include the following features:

One-on-one coaching for faculty at the school with Tiorati educators that could involve:

Planning, enacting, reflecting, and assessing curricula that use an inquiry and hands-on approach to learning

Working to address the CCSS and the NYS Science Core Curriculum

Meeting the individual needs of diverse students

Integrating science with ELA, mathematics, social studies, or the arts

Faculty retreats and/or student trips to the Tiorati Science Program for Schools in Harriman State Park, which provides:

Firsthand experience in the outdoors with an inquiry and hands-on approach to learning

A model of leveraging observations of the natural environment to support learning

An appreciation for the natural environment outside the city

Bank Street's Tiorati Science Program would like to thank Consolidated Edison for its generous funding of this program. Thanks, Con Ed!

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BK ROT, Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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"The idea itself is amazing. Using our grounds for a project that's local, that's supporting the community, and the kids in the community, I thought that was really great. That's something we've always been about. Since we've opened its always been about community and building partnerships that have the same ethics."

"Our trash is pretty low here and our compost has been a sort of a learning curve. It's weird to have three trash cans in a restaurant, but at the end of the day it cuts down on waste and makes people more responsible in the kitchen and its good from a cost perspective as well. It makes us feel good that we're composting because not throwing out big trash bags every night."

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BK ROT : Locally-Sourced Compost for Your Gardening Needs

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We transform food and coffee waste into nitrogen-rich compost. Help the environment by dropping off your scraps on Sunday.

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North Brooklyn Neighbors, Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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We are a grassroots nonprofit organization serving the Greenpoint and Williamsburg sections of Brooklyn.

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350Brooklyn was founded in the winter of 2015 by a small group of people who had worked on the 2014 People’s Climate March. Since then we have grown into a vital organization with a steering committee, workgroups, several campaigns, and a mailing list of more than 3500.

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North Bronx Collective

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South Bronx Unite brings together neighborhood residents, community organizations, academic institutions, and allies to improve and protect the social, environmental, and economic future of Mott Haven and Port Morris.

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Bronx River Alliance, Bronx River Parkway, Bronx, NY, USA

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The Living Laboratory - Bronx River Alliance

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Hudson River Park, Chelsea Piers, New York, NY, USA

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HRPK’s River Project connects New Yorkers to our local waterways through hands-on environmental education, estuarine research and community science.

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East River Park, FDR Drive, New York, NY, USA

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to keep our park open through the pandemic (and then we can talk about the green way to gain flood control and preserve our park).

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Hurricane Sandy Didn't Kill East River Park. New York City Will

Soon, New York City will demolish our big, beloved park on the unwealthy side of the Lower East Side and East Village. Everything must go-shady lawns, picnic areas, ballfields, running track, amphitheater, the compost yard, historic buildings, and 1,000 trees.

The city is determined to go ahead with the $1.45 billion ESCR-East Side Coastal Resiliency-even with the budget in desperate shortfall and despite the desperate need during this pandemic for outdoor recreation at safe distances.

The city will build a 1.2 mile seawall and cover the park with eight feet of landfill for flood control. It will also cause a health crisis for our already suffering neighborhood with many people of color, elderly and low-income residents. It is an environmental disaster and an environmental injustice.

True Resiliency is Possible

There are better plans that will preserve our park and give us flood protection.

After Hurricane Sandy raged through New York in 2012, the community worked for four years with officials to plan flood control. Flood walls and berms (long hills) would be built along the FDR Drive for storm surge protection. The park itself could be flooded during a hurricane. It would help absorb the overflowing waters and quickly recover. It would cost about $770 million.

In late 2018, the city suddenly decided the whole park should be erased to build a giant levee with a new park on top.

They will close 60 percent of the park in 2021, demolish it, then close other sections as they reopen completed areas. It is scheduled to take five years (but when has NYC ever done anything on schedule?) and cost $1.45 billion.

An adaptation of the earlier plan should be our solution.

Listen, NYC.

Community members understand that the current plan is an environmental injustice and an environmental disaster. Some 9,000 people including 2,000 from NYCHA Speaks signed various petitions against the plan. Hundreds of people have testified, marched, and protested, emailed, called, and flooded social media. Join us as we continue to try to Save East River Park.

email:ourpark@eastriverparkaction.org
Facebook: East River Park Action
Twitter
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#SaveEastRiverPark

Photos on this page by Pat Arnow ©2020

Further

Visit our ACTION page to see what you can do right now.

Links to the earlier plans. This is the gory details page: History and Resources

What's wrong with the plan: A Dozen Reasons Why. This we published in Oct. 2019. The reasons still hold. A 13th reason now: Covid-19 has made open park space crucial to our well being.

East River Park and the East Side Coastal Resiliency plan in the news from 2018 to now. East River Park News

See articles on Resilency, Mental and Physical Health Effects, and more.

Here is some of the passionate and well-informed testimony opponents of the plan gave at the City Council Oct. 3: A Mountain of Testimony Against a Pile of Landfill

And here's more testimony from earlier hearings. Hello? Hello? NYC Can You Hear Me?

Here is the November 2019 rally where we delivered 9,000 petitions to City Hall. We represented our community allied in opposition to this plan that is an environmental disaster and an environmental injustice. New York City Council did not hear our impassioned demands. We Rallied.

East River Park ACTION leads 90 plaintiffs who took legal action over the destruction of environment and threats to health of residents. We filed a lawsuit in Feb. 2020. Judge ruled against us August 2020. See our Lawsuit page.
East River Park ACTION is a nonprofit 502(c)3 charity. Donations are tax deductible. Please Donate to Save East River Park.

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to keep our park open through the pandemic (and then we can talk about the green way to gain flood control and preserve our park). ________________________________ Hurricane Sandy Didn't Kill East River Park. New York City Will Soon, New York City will demolish our big, beloved park on the unwealthy side of the Lower East Side and East Village.

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Sunrise NYC is a group of young, passionate activists committed to achieving climate justice. We're fighting for a Green New Deal that provides a living wage to all that want it.

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Billion Oyster Project Williamsburg Field Station, Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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Restoring oyster reefs to New York Harbor through public education initiatives.

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Solar 1, Fdr Drive Service Road East, New York, NY, USA

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Welcome to Solar One

Solar One is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to design and deliver innovative education, training, and technical assistance that fosters sustainability and resiliency in diverse urban environments.

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We've just earned our 2023 Platinum Seal with Candid.org. We are excited to share the work our nonprofit does through our Candid profile. Just click on the seal to the [...]